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TEXAS TECH 2018 NCAA Elite Eight BASKETBALL TexasTech.com 16 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1954 • 1956 • 1961 • 1962 • 1973 • 1976 • 1985 • 1986 • 1993 • 1996 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2016 • 2018 G27 No. 14 Texas Tech (21-5, 9-4) vs No. 12 Kansas (20-6, 9-4) UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA • LUBBOCK, TEXAS • SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 2019 • 7 P.M. (CST) TV: ESPN • RADIO: DOUBLE T 97.3 FM • LUBBOCK, TEXAS • TUNE-IN RADIO APP SERIES HISTORY TexasTech.com Game Notes OVERALL: Kansas leads 35-5 NO. 14 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS NO. 12 KANSAS JAYHAWKS LAST MEETING: Kansas, 79-63 (2/02/19) 2018-19 Record 21-5 • 9-4 Big 12 2018-19 Record 20-6, 9-4 Big 12 Current Rankings AP: 14; USA TODAY: 14; NET: 10 Current Rankings AP: 12 USA TODAY: 12 NET: 18 NOTES: Texas Tech is 4-14 against the Jayhawks all- Last Game W • 86-61 • Baylor Last Game W • 78-53 • West Virginia Head Coach Chris Beard Head Coach Bill Self time in Lubbock with its last home win coming in an Texas Tech Record 66-29 • 3rd Season Record at OSU 467-102 • 16th Season 84-65 victory on March 4, 2009. KU has won eight in a NCAA Career Record 162-59 • 7th Season Career Record 674-207 • 26th Season row on the Red Raiders’ home court. Beard vs. Kansas 1-4 Leading Scorer Dedric Lawson • 19.2 PPG Leading Scorer Jarrett Culver • 17.7 PPG Leading Rebounder Dedric Lawson • 10.3 RPG UP NEXT Leading Rebounder Jarrett Culver • 6.3 RPG Oklahoma State at Texas Tech Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 -- 6 p.m. TEXAS TECH RED RAIDER PROBABLE STARTERS (20-4 AS A FIRST-FIVE GROUP) Lubbock, Texas -- United Supermarkets Arena (ESPNU) MEDIA COVERAGE TELEVISION • ESPN • WATCH ESPN Mark Neely • Play-by-Play Fran Fraschilla • Analyst RADIO • ESPN Bill Rosinski • Play-by-Play Bob Valvano • Analyst NORENSE ODIASE MATT MOONEY TARIQ OWENS DAVIDE MORETTI JARRETT CULVER • Double T 97.3 FM • Tune-In Radio App 6-9 • Senior • Center 6-3 • Senior • Guard 6-10 • Senior • Forward 6-3 • Soph. • Guard 6-6 • Soph. • Guard Geoff Haxton • Play-by-Play 32 13 11 25 23 4.1 ppg; 5.3 rpg 10.7 ppg; 1.8 spg 8.4 ppg; 2.4 bpg 10.9 ppg; 2.5 apg 17.7 ppg; 3.7 apg Chris Level • Analyst No. 14 Texas Tech vs No. 12 Kansas (Full preview article at www.TexasTech.com & Page 13) SOCIAL MEDIA KEY POINTS: A nationally-ranked showdown is set for primetime on Saturday night in Lubbock with No. 14 Texas Tech hosting No. • Facebook 12 Kansas at 7 p.m. at the United Supermarkets Arena. The Red Raiders (21-5, 9-4 Big 12) are 14-1 on their home court this season, www.Facebook.com/TexasTechMBB while the Jayhawks (20-6, 9-4 Big 12) have won three in a row and secured a win in the first matchup between the two teams • Twitter • Instagram • Coach Beard @TexasTechMBB • @CoachBeardTTU earlier this month in Lawrence. Both teams have had a week away from competition with the Red Raiders earning an 86-61 win over Baylor and the Jayhawks picking up a 78-53 victory over West Virginia last Saturday. The two teams are currently second in the Big 12 standings, one game back of Kansas State which is at 10-3 in conference play going into its matchup against Oklahoma State on Saturday in Manhattan, Kansas. PLAYER NOTES: : Jarrett Culver comes into Saturday’s game having scored 875 points in his career and leads the Red Raiders with 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game this season. A sophomore from Lubbock, he is coming off scoring 18 points and adding eight rebounds in the win over Baylor after going for 19 points last Wednesday at Oklahoma State... Davide Moretti hit four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points last Saturday against Baylor and is now 10-for-18 from beyond the arc in the past four games... Owens has scored 11 points and two blocked shots in the past two games against Baylor and Oklahoma State. He came to Lubbock with 179 blocked shots and now has 242 in his career... Mooney scored nine points against Baylor after going 5-for-5 on 3-pointers in a 15-point performance at Oklahoma State. He now has three games in his collegiate career with five 3-pointers and has 29 this season for the Red Raiders. RANKINGS: On a four-game winning streak and continuing to lead the nation in field-goal percentage defense, Texas Tech has moved up one spot to No. 14 in this week’s Associated Press Top-25 and USA TODAY Coaches Poll along with staying at No. 10 in the NCAA NET Rankings. The Red Raiders (21-5, 9-4 Big 12) have outscored their last four conference opponents by a 24.0 scoring margin and top the nation by limiting opponents to 36.1 percent shooting for the season. TTU, which is the top Big 12 team in the NCAA NET Rankings and is at No. 9 in the Pomeroy Ratings, is also second in the country by holding teams to 57.2 points per game Texas Tech sophomore Jarrett Culver scored 18 points and had and is fourth with opponents being limited to 27.6 percent shooting on 3-pointers. eight rebounds and four assists to help lead the Red Raiders to an 86-61 win over Baylor last Saturday. Culver is now averaging MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT WES BLOOMQUIST 17.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game this season. [email protected] • CELL: 512.966.6971 0 EDWARDS • 1 Francis • 3 Corprew • 10 Ondigo • 11 Owens • 13 Mooney • 20 Hicks WWW.TEXASTECH.COM 21 Moore • 23 Culver • 24 Benson • 25 Moretti • 30 Sorrells • 32 Odiase • 35 Mballa TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS UNIVERSITY • ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT INFORMATION 2018-19 SCHEDULE Location Lubbock, Texas DATE [DAY] OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Founded 1923 Nov. 6 [Tue.] Incarnate Word United Supermarkets Arena W, 87-37 Enrollment 38,246 Nov. 9 [Fri.] Mississippi Valley State [2] United Supermarkets Arena W, 84-52 Nickname Red Raiders Nov. 13 [Tue.] Southeastern Louisiana [2] United Supermarkets Arena W, 59-40 Colors Scarlet (PMS 485c) and Black (Process Black) Nov. 19 [Mon.] vs. Southern Cal [3 • ESPN2] Kansas City, Mo. W, 78-63 Official Mascot Masked Rider Nov. 20 [Tue.] vs. No. 25 Nebraska [3 • ESPN2] Kansas City, Mo. W, 70-52 Unofficial Mascot Raider Red Nov. 24 [Sat.] Northern Colorado United Supermarkets Arena W, 93-62 Facility • Capacity United Supermarkets Arena • 15,098 Dec. 1 [Sat.] vs. Memphis [4] Miami, Fla. W, 78-67 KYLER EDWARDS BRANDONE FRANCIS DESHAWN CORPREW MALIK ONDIGO TARIQ OWENS Conference Big 12 • Charter Member Dec. 5 [Wed.] Arkansas-Pine Bluff United Supermarkets Arena W, 65-47 0 6-3 • Freshman • Guard 1 6-5 • Senior • Guard 3 6-5 • Soph. • Forward 10 6-10 • Soph. • Forward 11 6-10 • Senior • Forward Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D. Dec. 12 [Wed.] Northwestern State United Supermarkets Arena W, 79-44 Arlington, Texas La Romana, Dominican Rep. Norfolk, Virginia El Mirage, Arizona Odentown, Maryland President Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Dec. 15 [Sat.] Abilene Christian [5] Lubbock Municipal Coliseum W, 82-48 Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt Dec. 20 [Thur.] vs. No. 2 Duke [ESPN2] New York City, N.Y. L, 69-58 Deputy Director of Athletics • Men’s Basketball Sport Administrator Tony Hernandez Dec. 28 [Fri.] UTRGV United Supermarkets Arena W, 71-46 NCAA Faculty Representative Brian Shannon Jan. 2 [Wed.] at West Virginia [Big 12 • ESPN2] Morgantown, W.V. W, 62-59 Jan. 5 [Sat.] Kansas State [Big 12 • ESPNU] United Supermarkets Arena W, 63-57 LAST SEASON Jan. 8 [Tue.] Oklahoma [Big 12 • ESPNews] United Supermarkets Arena W, 66-59 Jan. 12 [Sat.] at Texas [Big 12 • LHN] Austin, Texas W, 68-62 2017-18 Record 27-10 (Home: 17-1 • Away: 4-6 • Neutral: 6-3) Jan. 16 [Wed.] Iowa State [Big 12 • ESPNU] United Supermarkets Arena L, 68-64 2017-18 Big 12 Record • Finish 11-7 • T-2nd Jan. 19 [Sat.] at Baylor [Big 12 • ESPNU] Waco, Texas L, 73-62 2018 Big 12 Tournament Semifinals • West Virginia Jan. 22 [Tue.] at Kansas State [Big 12 • ESPN2] Manhattan, Kansas L, 58-45 2018 Postseason NCAA Tournament • Elite Eight • Villanova Jan. 26 [Sat.] Arkansas [6 • ESPN2] United Supermarkets Arena W, 67-64 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/7 Jan. 28 [Mon] TCU [Big 12 • ESPN] United Supermarkets Arena W, 84-65 Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 Feb. 2 [Sat.] at Kansas [Big 12 • CBS] Lawrence, Kansas L, 79-63 Newcomers 6 Feb. 4 [Mon.] West Virginia [Big 12 • ESPN] United Supermarkets Arena W, 81-50 Feb. 9 [Sat.] at Oklahoma [Big 12 • ESPN2] Norman, Oklahoma W, 66-54 COACHING STAFF Feb. 13 [Wed.] at Oklahoma State [Big 12 • ESPNU] Stillwater, Oklahoma W, 78-50 MATT MOONEY PARKER HICKS KHAVON MOORE JARRETT CULVER AVERY BENSON Feb. 16 [Sat.] Baylor [Big 12 • ESPN] United Supermarkets Arena W, 86-61 13 6-3 • Senior • Guard 20 6-5 • Soph. • Guard 21 6-7 • Freshman • Forward 23 6-5 • Soph. • Guard 24 6-3 • Soph. • Guard Head Coach (Alma Mater • Year • Season at Tech) Chris Beard (Texas • 1995 • 3rd) Feb. 23 [Sat.] Kansas [Big 12 • ESPN] United Supermarkets Arena 7 p.m. Wauconda, Illinois Decatur, Texas Macon, Georgia Lubbock, Texas Springdale, Arkansas Career Record • NCAA Record • Texas Tech Record (Seasons) 237-79 (10) • 162-59 (7) • 66-29 (3) Feb.